Saints’ Stunning Comeback Leaves Demons Reeling as Wanganeen-Milera Makes AFL History
So, imagine this — you’re watching a game of footy, and your team is down by 46 points at three-quarter time. Most fans would be heading for the exits or switching the TV off, right? Well, on Sunday, anyone who did that missed one of the most jaw-dropping finishes in AFL history.
St Kilda pulled off what is now officially the greatest comeback from a three-quarter-time deficit in VFL/AFL history. And at the heart of it all was 22-year-old Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, who didn’t just step up — he took over .
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This guy, who started his AFL career as a rebounding half-back and has since made a name for himself in the midfield, delivered a fourth-quarter performance that was nothing short of legendary. In the dying minutes of the game against Melbourne, with everything on the line, he kicked not one — but two — goals, including the match-winner after the siren.
With less than a minute left and the Demons still clinging to a narrow lead, the Saints surged forward. A long bomb into the 50, and Wanganeen-Milera soared above the pack, pulling down an insane mark. He calmly slotted the goal to level the scores with just seconds remaining.
Then chaos hit Melbourne. A 6-6-6 infringement — that’s when teams don’t have the right number of players in each zone at the centre bounce — handed St Kilda a free kick. The Saints executed a flawless play: Rowan Marshall picked out Wanganeen-Milera with a laser pass just inside 50. He marked, stood up, told his teammates to clear the space — “get out of my way,” he apparently shouted — and, cool as ever, nailed it. Siren sounds. Game over. Saints by six. History made.
Wanganeen-Milera finished with 34 disposals, six clearances, four goals, and a hero status that’ll live on in Saints folklore.
And get this — he nearly didn’t even play. He had an eye infection and was almost ruled out before the game. But after a dose of antibiotics and a call from coach Ross Lyon, he backed himself in. Good thing he did.
Meanwhile, on the Demons side, captain Max Gawn didn’t hold back. He admitted the team just doesn’t know how to win close games right now. They’ve now lost several matches in nail-biting fashion, and Gawn straight-up said, “All our talk is there… and then we don’t do it.” It was a brutal assessment after what’s now a historically bad collapse.
So yeah, Wanganeen-Milera might just be the most in-demand signature in the league — and this game? This might’ve sealed his place as a future great.
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